Before the UC Irvine men's basketball team headed across the street to attend Texas A&M's Midnight Yell Practice, the Anteaters made their own noise with a second-half rally that beat the Aggies 74-73 on Friday night.

The Wildcats received a boost from veteran grad transfer Reid Travis, who puts John Calipari's team ahead of the rest in the SEC.

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Espn no.27 Will Baker will visit UCLA this week. He is also hearing from Texas A&M, Kansas, Texas, UNC, and Stanford on a regular basis. Extremely skilled post who brings a high level game and high character to any program.

Celtics president Danny Ainge unknowingly tipped the team's first-round selection of Texas A&M big man Robert Williams when point guard Terry Rozier called him during a live webcast.

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Texas A&M junior Tyler Davis is declaring for the 2018 NBA draft, a source told ESPN.
Davis will not hire an agent at this time, preserving the option to return to school for his senior year pending the feedback he receives from NBA teams.
The 6-foot-10, 264 pound center averaged 14.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 29 minutes per game for Texas A&M, who made the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. He was named First Team All-SEC.
Davis is considered one of the most skilled big men in the college game, with polished footwork, reliable hands, soft touch and an array of moves with his back to the basket. NBA teams will likely want to see him expand his shooting range and become more of a presence defensively on the interior and stepping outside the paint down the road, as he is not a very dynamic athlete.

Texas A&M sophomore Robert Williams announced after the Aggies' NCAA tournament loss to Michigan on Thursday that he would enter the NBA draft. The 6-foot-10 power forward is ESPN's No. 6-ranked draft-eligible prospect.